How Do You Measure Success in Surgery?

How do surgeons measure the success of a procedure? It's not enough for a patient to survive, their quality of life must be considered, and the cost of the surgery has to be accounted. Professor Martin Elliott talks about the arithmetic of medical success.

Professor Martin Elliott

Professor Martin Elliott

Professor of Physic

Gresham Professor of Physic and Co-Medical Director at The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London (GOSH).

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